Staphylococcal surface display in combinatorial protein engineering and epitope mapping of antibodies

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-182

  Kronqvist, Nina ^a   Malm, Magdalena ^a   Rockberg, Johan ^a   Hjelm, Barbara ^a   Uhlén, Mathias ^a   Ståhl, Stefan ^a   Löfblom, John ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affibody molecules; Antibody engineering; Bacterial display; Cell surface display; Combinatorial protein engineering; Epitope mapping; Staphylococcal surface display; Yeast display

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; EPITOPES; MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

AFFIBODY MOLECULES; ANTIBODY ENGINEERING; BACTERIAL DISPLAY; CELL SURFACE DISPLAYS; COMBINATORIAL PROTEIN ENGINEERING; EPITOPE MAPPING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SURFACE DISPLAY; SURFACE DISPLAYS; YEAST DISPLAY;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURFACE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 78650001663     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220810793611536     Document Type: Article

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